As with many kids his age, Ant has successfully peed on the potty a few times, but no longer seems interested at all. However, he finds peeing in the bath highly amusing.
Last night I got in the bath with him (as I do fairly frequently), and he was saying as he climbed in, "My pee in the bath!". I asked him, "How about if you pee on the potty", and asked Mark to put him on there, however, that was completely unacceptable. So he got in the bath.
Stood there for a couple of seconds, and then sure enough, out came the stream, to peals of laughter. (his, not mine). Came quite close to my leg, so I said, "No peeing on mommy!" and moved him out of the way.
At which point he stopped peeing, walked closer to me, aimed at my leg and started up again.
No more doubt about whether he has bladder control, if he can start and stop at will like that! I guess we have to work on peeing in the potty being more amusing than peeing in the bath or on mommy.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
It's the end of the world as we know it!
I, a self-proclaimed anti-vegetarian (my diet, not against people who are vegetarians!!), have eaten three *salads* in the last few month or so!!!
As a child, I absolutely refused all fruits and vegetables, to the point where I would eat pasta with butter rather than have it tainted by pasta sauce, and would eat only white pizza.
Midway through high school I finally tried pizza, and actually liked it - and that was the beginning of a slippery slope towards omnivoriciousness. I gradually added more and more veggies to my repertoire (another big step was the first time I ate broccoli when my mom cooked some after college). I did try a salad once or twice, but really couldn't stand the way I felt I had to chew the lettuce for about half an hour before I could convince it to go down my gullet.
A few weeks ago at a charity dinner hosted by my sister (the kind where a chef comes into your house to prepare a meal), I declined the salad as per my usual procedure. However, when they arrived, Mark's salad actually looked pretty good, so I asked if I could try it. To my utter astonishment, it was actually fabulous! Baby greens with candied walnuts and pine nuts, some kind of cheese I don't remember, and a champagne vinaigrette. Nothing at all like what I always thought a salad was - the romaine lettuce et al. I was no longer a salad virgin!!!
Then this past weekend at a wedding, I did NOT decline the salad, and once again thoroughly enjoyed it.
The piece de resistance? I went shopping a couple of days ago and bought some baby greens, feta cheese and greek vinaigrette. And today, when we had some people over for dinner, made my very own salad. Which I proceeded to eat with gusto. Yummy!
I'm still not much of a fruit eater, but maybe that's on the way too.
Just goes to show, that sometimes it really is worth trying new things. Yay, me!!
As a child, I absolutely refused all fruits and vegetables, to the point where I would eat pasta with butter rather than have it tainted by pasta sauce, and would eat only white pizza.
Midway through high school I finally tried pizza, and actually liked it - and that was the beginning of a slippery slope towards omnivoriciousness. I gradually added more and more veggies to my repertoire (another big step was the first time I ate broccoli when my mom cooked some after college). I did try a salad once or twice, but really couldn't stand the way I felt I had to chew the lettuce for about half an hour before I could convince it to go down my gullet.
A few weeks ago at a charity dinner hosted by my sister (the kind where a chef comes into your house to prepare a meal), I declined the salad as per my usual procedure. However, when they arrived, Mark's salad actually looked pretty good, so I asked if I could try it. To my utter astonishment, it was actually fabulous! Baby greens with candied walnuts and pine nuts, some kind of cheese I don't remember, and a champagne vinaigrette. Nothing at all like what I always thought a salad was - the romaine lettuce et al. I was no longer a salad virgin!!!
Then this past weekend at a wedding, I did NOT decline the salad, and once again thoroughly enjoyed it.
The piece de resistance? I went shopping a couple of days ago and bought some baby greens, feta cheese and greek vinaigrette. And today, when we had some people over for dinner, made my very own salad. Which I proceeded to eat with gusto. Yummy!
I'm still not much of a fruit eater, but maybe that's on the way too.
Just goes to show, that sometimes it really is worth trying new things. Yay, me!!
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